ABSTRACT
Algeria is emblematic of reorganised commercial supply networks in the southern Mediterranean. The emergence of international routes, and the rapidity and very large scale in which they arose, raise questions about these new entrepreneurs. Breaking with traditional supply circuits, their initiative is remarkable, even more so since these economic actors are often young. This chapter focuses on the specific actors in this transnational economy and on “globalization from below.” It draws on field research in several sites (Algeria, Dubai, China) and attempts to show how these new kinds of entrepreneurs have come into being in a country that is still in the making.
